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The centrality of death rituals has rarely been documented in anthropologically informed studies of Buddhism. Bringing together a range of perspectives including ethnographic, textual, historical and theoretically informed accounts, this edited volume presents the diversity of the Buddhist funeral cultures of mainland Southeast Asia and China. While the contributions show that the ideas and ritual practices related to death are continuously transformed in local contexts through political and social changes, they also highlight the continuities of funeral cultures. The studies are based on long-term fieldwork and covering material from Therav

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Humanities Religion & beliefs Buddhism

• Pełny tytuł: Buddhist Funeral Cultures of Southeast Asia and China
• Autor: Paul Williams
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Twarda
• Liczba stron: 312
• EAN: 9781107003880
• ISBN: 1107003881
• ID: 04435401
• Wydawca: Cambridge University Press
• Waga: 636 g
• Wymiary: 233 × 155 × 20 mm
• Data wydania: 26. April 2012

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